# AoE3 Database > Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition reference read from the game's own files, version 100.19.18309 (Steam build 25040513, 2026-10-14): 24 civilizations, 666 units, 164 buildings, 2,509 Home City cards, 1,325 technologies, 76 glossary terms and 120 History entries. Every number names its game version and source file. Numbers are the game's base values (no upgrades, cards or civilization bonuses) unless a page says otherwise. Computed views (counters, the /best rankings, age-up and shipment values, the calculator) are labelled as computed and print their formula and assumptions. Nothing is typed in by hand or written by AI: descriptions, glossary and history are the game's own text, and each page opens with a one-paragraph answer templated from the same data. ## Sections - https://aoe3database.com/start — Start here: All new-player pages - https://aoe3database.com/glossary — Start here: Glossary - https://aoe3database.com/civ-picker — Start here: Civilizations at a glance - https://aoe3database.com/unit-types — Start here: How bonuses work - https://aoe3database.com/counters — Start here: What beats what - https://aoe3database.com/age-up — Start here: Choosing an age-up - https://aoe3database.com/shipments — Start here: Which cards to send - https://aoe3database.com/history — Start here: History - https://aoe3database.com/civilizations — Database: All civilizations - https://aoe3database.com/units — Database: Units - https://aoe3database.com/buildings — Database: Buildings - https://aoe3database.com/cards — Database: Home City cards - https://aoe3database.com/technologies — Database: Technologies - https://aoe3database.com/unit-types — Database: Unit types & bonuses - https://aoe3database.com/ids — Database: Game IDs - https://aoe3database.com/unit-ids — Database: Unit & building IDs - https://aoe3database.com/tech-ids — Database: Technology & card IDs - https://aoe3database.com/best — Worked out: Best in AoE3 (all rankings) - https://aoe3database.com/counters — Worked out: Counters (what beats what) - https://aoe3database.com/best-units — Worked out: Most cost-effective units - https://aoe3database.com/age-up — Worked out: Age-up choices compared - https://aoe3database.com/shipments — Worked out: Best shipments by age - https://aoe3database.com/upgrades — Worked out: Unit upgrades (Veteran → Imperial) - https://aoe3database.com/tools — Tools: All tools - https://aoe3database.com/tools/unit-vs-unit — Tools: Unit vs unit calculator - https://aoe3database.com/compare — Tools: Civilization vs civilization - https://aoe3database.com/deck-builder — Tools: Deck builder - https://aoe3database.com/about — More: About & sources Pages: /civilizations/, /units/, /buildings/, /cards/, /technologies/, /history/, /best/, /compare/-vs-, /deck-builder/ (lower case, words joined by hyphens). ## Computed rankings - https://aoe3database.com/best/infantry — Every regular infantry unit of the 24 civilizations ranked by the share of equal-cost fights it wins against the other regular units, from their damage, multipliers, resists and cost. - https://aoe3database.com/best/cavalry — Every regular cavalry unit ranked by the share of equal-cost fights it wins against the other regular units. - https://aoe3database.com/best/artillery — Every regular artillery piece ranked by the share of equal-cost fights it wins (area damage counted on one target). - https://aoe3database.com/best/toughest-units — Regular units ranked by hit points per 100 resources, with their resists: what soaks the most damage for what you pay. - https://aoe3database.com/best/hardest-hitting — Regular units ranked by damage per second per 100 resources, before multipliers and resists. - https://aoe3database.com/best/fastest-units — Regular units ranked by movement speed from the game files, with their run speed where they have one. - https://aoe3database.com/best/longest-range — Regular ranged units ranked by the range of their main attack. - https://aoe3database.com/best/anti-cavalry — Every regular unit ranked by its average edge against the regular cavalry units in equal-cost fights. - https://aoe3database.com/best/anti-infantry — Every regular unit ranked by its average edge against the regular infantry units in equal-cost fights. - https://aoe3database.com/best/anti-artillery — Every regular unit ranked by its average edge against the regular artillery pieces in equal-cost fights. - https://aoe3database.com/counters — The matchup grid of the most common units and each unit's hardest counter. - https://aoe3database.com/best-units — All regular units by fights won, per kind. - https://aoe3database.com/best/age-ups — For each age, every civilization's age-up choices ranked by what they hand over in resources: shipped units at their cost, livestock and crates at what they hold, resources at face value. - https://aoe3database.com/best/shipments — The Home City cards that hand over the most in each age, net of what the card costs to send. - https://aoe3database.com/best/starting-resources — Every civilization's start valued in resources: crates and starting resources at face value, units at their train cost. - https://aoe3database.com/age-up — Every civ's age-up options side by side. - https://aoe3database.com/shipments — Top 40 cards per age, with their price. ## Hardest counters of the most common units (same resources, base stats) - Uhlan: beaten hardest by Puma Spearman (edge ×2); wins 67% of its matchups → https://aoe3database.com/counters - Culverin: beaten hardest by Retainer (edge ×9.2); wins 7% of its matchups → https://aoe3database.com/counters - Falconet: beaten hardest by Retainer (edge ×4); wins 47% of its matchups → https://aoe3database.com/counters - Gatling Gun: beaten hardest by Retainer (edge ×11.7); wins 3% of its matchups → https://aoe3database.com/counters - Horse Artillery: beaten hardest by Retainer (edge ×4.3); wins 45% of its matchups → https://aoe3database.com/counters - Hussar: beaten hardest by Puma Spearman (edge ×2.2); wins 59% of its matchups → https://aoe3database.com/counters - Dragoon: beaten hardest by Levied Spearman (edge ×3.8); wins 25% of its matchups → https://aoe3database.com/counters - Pikeman: beaten hardest by Jaguar Prowl Knight (edge ×2.2); wins 62% of its matchups → https://aoe3database.com/counters - Grenadier: beaten hardest by Veteran Lancer (edge ×3.8); wins 7% of its matchups → https://aoe3database.com/counters - Musketeer: beaten hardest by Jaguar Prowl Knight (edge ×1.8); wins 65% of its matchups → https://aoe3database.com/counters - Carbine Cavalry: beaten hardest by Levied Spearman (edge ×3.5); wins 33% of its matchups → https://aoe3database.com/counters - Crossbowman: beaten hardest by Veteran Lancer (edge ×2.5); wins 57% of its matchups → https://aoe3database.com/counters ## Example answers (each page opens with one like these) - https://aoe3database.com/units/musketeer: Musketeer (proto ID Musketeer) is an infantry unit in AoE3: Definitive Edition 100.19.18309 from the Colonial Age: 150 hit points, ranged 23 every 3 s at range 12; melee 13 every 1.5 s (×3 vs Cavalry, ×2.25 vs Light Infantry), 20% melee resist. It costs 75 food, 25 coin and takes 30 s to train at the Barracks, Blockhouse, Fluyt and 10 more. For the same resources it loses hardest to the Jaguar Prowl Knight (edge ×1.8) and beats the Flail Elephant hardest. 9 civilizations have it. - https://aoe3database.com/units/hussar: Hussar (proto ID Hussar) is a cavalry unit in AoE3: Definitive Edition 100.19.18309 from the Colonial Age: 320 hit points, melee 30 every 1.5 s, 20% ranged resist. It costs 120 food, 80 coin and takes 40 s to train at the Corral, Fluyt, Fort and 6 more. For the same resources it loses hardest to the Puma Spearman (edge ×2.2) and beats the Gatling Gun hardest. 14 civilizations have it. - https://aoe3database.com/technologies/veteran-musketeers: Veteran Musketeers (tech ID VeteranMusketeers) is a technology in AoE3: Definitive Edition 100.19.18309 costing 200 wood, 200 coin, 30 s to research at the Barracks, Blockhouse, War Hut and 1 more. Effect: Musketeer: hit points +20%, damage +20%. - https://aoe3database.com/civilizations/british: The British (civ ID British, Home City London) in AoE3: Definitive Edition 100.19.18309 start with 2 Crates of Food, 2 Cords of Wood, 1 Explorer, 6 Settler, 1 Tiny Crate of Food and 1 Tiny Crate of Wood, train 20 kinds of units from their own buildings and have 167 Home City cards. Their age-up choices number 5 / 5 / 5 / 5 for the Colonial, Fortress, Industrial and Imperial ages. ## Data Read from the game files of Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition 100.19.18309 on 2026-10-14; re-read on every patch. JSON copies of every section (same numbers as the pages, each record with its page): - https://aoe3database.com/raw/civilizations.json — The 24 playable civilizations with their summary text, starting resources and units, regular roster, age-up choices and Home City card IDs. - https://aoe3database.com/raw/units.json — Every unit with hit points, cost, train time, resists, every attack with its multipliers, unit types and civilizations. - https://aoe3database.com/raw/buildings.json — Every building with hit points, cost, build points, attacks, what it trains and civilizations. - https://aoe3database.com/raw/cards.json — Every Home City card with its text, effects as the site prints them, raw effects, and which civilizations have it in which age. - https://aoe3database.com/raw/technologies.json — Every technology and age-up researched at a building: cost, research time, prerequisites, effects and civilizations. - https://aoe3database.com/raw/counters.json — The site's own equal-cost matchups for every regular unit: share of matchups won, hardest counter and best target with the edge (Lanchester square law, base stats). - https://aoe3database.com/raw/index.json — what each dataset's fields mean Hover cards for any site: shows a card for every link to a unit, building, card, technology or civilization here. ## Terms Unofficial fan reference, made under Microsoft's Game Content Usage Rules using assets from Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition. Not endorsed by or affiliated with Microsoft, World's Edge, Forgotten Empires or Tantalus. Age of Empires is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Free to read and quote with a link to the page the number came from.